spleen

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Organe situé près de l'estomac, qui aide à nettoyer le sang et à lutter contre les maladies.

En anglais simple : An organ near the stomach that helps clean the blood and fight disease.

• The spleen helps clean the blood.
• The doctor found that her spleen was enlarged.
• He had his spleen removed after the accident.

Expressions courantes : enlarged spleen, ruptured spleen, remove the spleen

fou rire

Moment où l'on se met soudain à rire très fort ou à beaucoup s'amuser.

En anglais simple : A sudden period of loud laughter or great amusement.

• His joke brought on a spleen.
• She could hardly speak through her fit of spleen.
• The comic scene left them shaking with spleen.

Synonymes : merriment, laughter

Expressions courantes : a fit of spleen, a merry spleen

irriter, agacer

Faire ressentir à quelqu'un de l'agacement ou de la colère.

En anglais simple : To make someone feel annoyed or angry.

• His remarks spleen me.
• The insult spleened her deeply.
• He tried to spleen his rival with cruel jokes.

Synonymes : annoy, irritate

Contraires : please

Expressions courantes : spleen someone, spleen a rival

vitupérer, pester

Se plaindre avec colère ou exprimer son amertume.

En anglais simple : To complain angrily or express bitter feelings.

• He spleened about his misfortune.
• The writer spleened against the government.
• She spent the evening spleening at her critics.

Comment l'utiliser : spleen against someone/something (He spleened against the rulers who had betrayed him.)

Synonymes : complain, rail, rant

Expressions courantes : spleen against something, spleen at someone

retirer la rate, encorner

Enlever l'organe proche de l'estomac qui nettoie le sang, ou transpercer quelqu'un avec une corne.

En anglais simple : To take out the organ near the stomach that cleans blood, or pierce someone with a horn.

• The surgeon spleened the animal.
• The bull spleened its attacker with one sharp horn.
• The wounded beast nearly spleened the hunter.

Synonymes : gore

Expressions courantes : spleen an animal, spleen someone

enlever, retrancher

Retirer quelque chose, notamment en le découpant.

En anglais simple : To cut something out or remove it.

• The editor spleened the passage.
• They spleened the unwanted section from the text.
• The damaged part was spleened out.

Synonymes : remove, excise, cut out

Contraires : insert

Expressions courantes : spleen something out, spleen a passage